tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post451069398455398494..comments2024-03-27T01:27:21.576-08:00Comments on The Immoral Minority: Marco Rubio is not happy (But he's kind of happy.) about the Paris attacks. Gryphenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356503547155430235noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-6810801372766605972015-11-24T05:52:47.532-09:002015-11-24T05:52:47.532-09:00Can we stop pretending these candidates have forei...Can we stop pretending these candidates have foreign policy credentials and experience? They don't. Rubio, like the others, wants us to imagine he has the answer. Sound bytes do not make a foreign policy strategy. The answer is a multi-pronged approach that involves air strikes, ground forces, working with both allies and enemies, destruction of the ISIS financial network, destruction of their ability to conduct commerce, disruption of their ability to use the internet, destruction of their ability to use and ship oil, an ideological war against the false values preached by ISIS, and elite strike force that will hunt terrorists anywhere in the world and kill them. <br /><br />When a candidate lays out a comprehensive strategy, then<br />they might start to build credibility. TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02279964051995739012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-25295885569952207132015-11-23T19:04:42.261-09:002015-11-23T19:04:42.261-09:00Exactly Leland. Ever heard of the politician /fam...Exactly Leland. Ever heard of the politician /family lottery for war injuries? Some comedian suggested it last.century. still a good idea. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-62961102809086324492015-11-23T19:02:43.995-09:002015-11-23T19:02:43.995-09:00They may be using the same playbook that won the 2...They may be using the same playbook that won the 2004 election for Bush, but there are significant differences in the circumstances this time around. <br /><br />The country has lived through 12 more years of war since that election, and has a serious case of battle fatigue. Even many conservatives are opposed to getting swept into yet another military engagement. Candidates who are ready to declare war in 12 countries at once may find that the fear-driven patriotism that gave Bush another term is not quite as easy to inspire in 2016.<br /><br />Bush may not have been the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but he wasn't as outrageously unpredictable and crazy as Trump or some of the other clowns in the car. It may be fun to support a candidate who has no filter during the campaign, but when it comes to pulling the lever in the voting booth, bombastic may very well lose out to experienced and safe.<br /><br />The world is a very volatile place these days, economically and politically, and with the GOP slate competing for the title of Most Shocking, they just may 'extreme' themselves right out of contention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-9028343900906435952015-11-23T16:25:25.092-09:002015-11-23T16:25:25.092-09:00Oooo. Another tick on the "Are they Fascists&...Oooo. Another tick on the "Are they Fascists" identification list. <br /><br />Now what would constitute being anti-American? <br /><br />I'm sure being a registered Democrat would be near the top. mlaiuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792165896828163411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-58859808268545419702015-11-23T16:20:13.387-09:002015-11-23T16:20:13.387-09:00That's because so many white Christians don...That's because so many white Christians don't like brown Christians, black Christians, yellow Christians, red Christians, poor Christians, gay Christians, female Christians. <br /><br />Kinda like the GOP. mlaiuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792165896828163411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-40565677007962451942015-11-23T16:13:21.467-09:002015-11-23T16:13:21.467-09:00Rubio is near the bottom with Cruz.
He doesn'...Rubio is near the bottom with Cruz. <br /><br />He doesn't have the brains or stamina to stick it out. <br /><br />He'll be exiting the clown car before the ride is over and he can be kicked to the curb. mlaiuppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792165896828163411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-34087165782564582792015-11-23T16:02:14.264-09:002015-11-23T16:02:14.264-09:00Three words: Diebold Voting Machines. Doesn'...Three words: Diebold Voting Machines. Doesn't matter how many people vote when their votes can be flipped. That's what happened in KY and how Matt Bevin "won" the governorship, imo.. Karl Rove thought that he had it all in the bag with the voting machines in Ohio in 2012 just like in 2004. Kerry was leading in all the polls but then Bush pulled it out. Yea, right. It was Ken Blackwell manipulating the voting machines. Supposedly Anonymous, the activist group, stepped up and didn't let the voting machines be manipulated in 2012. <br />If the election 2016 is at all close, the Republicans will steal it but if it is a runaway like LA was on Saturday and the Democrats, Progressives and the sane Americans in the middle show up to vote then we may prevail. Pay attention to the polls and exit polls the weeks before the election and the day of. Better yet, go to www.fivethirtyeight.com and see what that guy has to say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-49909999926850581992015-11-23T15:18:02.435-09:002015-11-23T15:18:02.435-09:00I'm not so sure some of these people would car...I'm not so sure some of these people would care if their own children became canon fodder. <br /><br />Don't forget that Sarah Palin gleefully sent her son overseas and basked in the glory of "raising a combat vet." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-54897503763386027402015-11-23T15:14:58.575-09:002015-11-23T15:14:58.575-09:00The stupidity of his remark is not being blown out...The stupidity of his remark is not being blown out of proportion. The correct thing to say is that this terrible event has caused us to look closer at our own security. There is no place in these circumstances to talk about anything being a positive development.<br /><br />Rubio has a serious problem putting his foot into his mouth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-68481888364568987272015-11-23T15:13:06.891-09:002015-11-23T15:13:06.891-09:00>>Boy, were they ever shocked!
They were s...>>Boy, were they ever shocked! <br /><br />They were shocked because they thought they could steal Ohio which they were on track to do but Anonymous stopped that cold. That's why Karl was so SURE that they should wait to announce the winner because he expected those votes to flip to Mitt as was planned. If Anonymous had NOT stopped the flip, we'd be dealing with the Mittster and his witch of a wife in the White House.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-2211443811332795452015-11-23T15:10:00.342-09:002015-11-23T15:10:00.342-09:00Daily Beast exec editor calls for Trump boycott: I...Daily Beast exec editor calls for Trump boycott: If you do business with him, you support fascism<br /><br />The editor-in-chief of the website the Daily Beast is standing by one editor’s call for Americans to shame and boycott companies that do business with Republican presidential candidate and former reality TV star Donald Trump.<br /><br />On Sunday evening, the Daily Beast’s Noah Shachtman took to the social medium Twitter to express his increasing distaste for the Trump team’s campaign tactics:<br /><br />http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/daily-beast-exec-editor-calls-for-trump-boycott-if-you-do-business-with-him-you-support-fascism/<br /><br />Dear Media, Stop Freaking Out About Donald Trump’s Polls<br /><br />By Nate Silver<br /><br />http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/dear-media-stop-freaking-out-about-donald-trumps-polls/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-2309662566267441562015-11-23T15:07:06.736-09:002015-11-23T15:07:06.736-09:00THIS:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/midd...THIS:<br />http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/turkey-seizes-11-million-captagon-amphetamine-pills-used-by-isis-fighters-to-keep-themselves-awake-a6744366.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-39039303454474751792015-11-23T15:03:28.534-09:002015-11-23T15:03:28.534-09:00Ben Carson Goes Full-Fascist, Calls For Monitoring...Ben Carson Goes Full-Fascist, Calls For Monitoring Of ‘Anti-American’ Media And Organizations<br /><br />After a brief moment near the top of the Republican field, Ben Carson’s numbers have been on the decline. Clearly feeling the pressure to say something crazy enough to outdo professional lunatic Donald Trump, Carson just went full-fascist. And you never go full-fascist.<br /><br />Having already admitted that he likes the idea of keeping American Muslims (and foreigners) in databases to be watched, Carson seems to be warming to expanding that surveillance to other groups he doesn’t like. At a rally in Columbia, South Carolina, Carson dropped the bombshell that he believes any “anti-American” group should be monitored.<br /><br /> “What I have said is that I would be in favor of monitoring a mosque or any church or any organization or any school or any press corps where there was a lot of radicalization and things that were anti-American.”<br /><br />And what is anti-American? Carson doesn’t say, but he’s not exactly quiet about the groups he feels are destroying America. He means liberals, the “mainstream media,” and groups that challenge his conservative ideology.<br /><br />http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/11/23/ben-carson-goes-full-fascist-calls-for-monitoring-of-anti-american-media-and-organizations/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-91422530617258276132015-11-23T15:01:40.455-09:002015-11-23T15:01:40.455-09:00Bad News For GOP: White Christians OFFICIALLY No L...Bad News For GOP: White Christians OFFICIALLY No Longer A Majority In United States<br /><br />...The National Journal just released new research that indicates White Christians no longer hold a majority in the United States.<br /><br /> “Long the dominant group in American religious life, White Christians have fallen below a majority of the U.S. population—and they are moving to the right politically as they recede.”<br /><br />It is also noted:<br /><br /> “As the nation relentlessly diversifies, both in its racial composition and religious preferences, White Christians now represent just 46 percent of American adults, according to Pew calculations provided exclusively to Next America. That’s down from a 55 percent majority as recently as 2007, and much higher figures through most of U.S. history.”<br /><br />http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/11/23/bad-news-for-gop-white-christians-officially-no-longer-a-majority-in-united-states/<br /><br />http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/newsdesk/white-christians-dominate-gop-shrinking-among-democrats?oref=t.coAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-30466505015401040252015-11-23T14:43:14.922-09:002015-11-23T14:43:14.922-09:00Where the real video was:
http://www.huffingtonpos...Where the real video was:<br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ben-carson-muslims-cheering_56536d9ae4b0879a5b0bf92f?updtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-1162633387112863822015-11-23T14:33:57.202-09:002015-11-23T14:33:57.202-09:00It looks like none of the GOP candidates can open ...It looks like none of the GOP candidates can open their mouths without saying something stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-68688291944054016382015-11-23T14:30:35.233-09:002015-11-23T14:30:35.233-09:00I despise Rubio but I really think this remark is ...I despise Rubio but I really think this remark is being blown out of proportion. We DO need to think of security which is exactly why I will make a beeline to vote for the Democratic Presidential candidate. Say hello to Madame President Hillary, suckers! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-27334125539511269842015-11-23T14:06:01.959-09:002015-11-23T14:06:01.959-09:00last word in the last sentence> COMBINED!last word in the last sentence> COMBINED!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-92106124442657825132015-11-23T13:52:31.480-09:002015-11-23T13:52:31.480-09:00Oh yes, he is still collecting a check. He didn...Oh yes, he is still collecting a check. He didn't quit, he just said he wouldn't run for re-election and in the meantime, doesn't give a shit about actually showing up for work. <br /><br />You know, because personal responsibility and not being a moocher and all that conservative Ayn Rand stuff.Boscoenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-16642474094475494812015-11-23T13:48:42.072-09:002015-11-23T13:48:42.072-09:00Votes count America for 2016. NOT the money that ...Votes count America for 2016. NOT the money that will be put up in support of the Republican candidates. <br /><br />Remember how Obama beat the shit out of them and Karl Rove just knew they were going to whip his ass! Boy, were they ever shocked! <br /><br />We can do it again! Hillary Clinton is the best candidate out there - none of the Republicans begin to measure up to her experience, knowledge and capabilities. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-83400052246160972672015-11-23T13:43:43.281-09:002015-11-23T13:43:43.281-09:00Rubio comes off as a young whipper snapper that is...Rubio comes off as a young whipper snapper that is sorely lacking in experience to run the USA! What a joke!<br /><br />Plus, he's into war! Fuck him!!! Keep him in Florida, America. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-83290312919612148922015-11-23T13:24:06.004-09:002015-11-23T13:24:06.004-09:00The events in Paris are a "positive developme...The events in Paris are a "positive development"????!!!!<br /><br />WHAT THE HELL. WHAT KIND OF MONSTER SAYS THIS, in ANY possible context?????<br /><br />Let alone, saying it in such a way as to promote his own interests.<br /><br />And there will be those who eat it up, of course. And these people vote.<br /><br />And I am very, very horrified and depressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-82703291553629952732015-11-23T13:15:43.159-09:002015-11-23T13:15:43.159-09:00OT-No thanks to Barbara?, Elizabeth is a total DRU...OT-No thanks to Barbara?, Elizabeth is a total DRUNK on the KKKool Aid of Roger Ailes..To bad for her, FOOL..<br />http://www.salon.com/2015/11/23/elizabeth_hasselbeck_calls_it_quits_on_fox_friends_here_are_5_of_her_greatest_fox_news_fails/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-47543037662052942532015-11-23T13:08:23.473-09:002015-11-23T13:08:23.473-09:00Is he still collecting his paycheck as a US senato...Is he still collecting his paycheck as a US senator? I thought he quit because it was so boring.<br />BeaglemomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-2508264677369485772015-11-23T13:07:11.547-09:002015-11-23T13:07:11.547-09:00Like other members of the GOP, Marco Rubio is &quo...Like other members of the GOP, Marco Rubio is "happy" that he can sell fear and war mongering to the American people. They pander to the basest instincts of the electorate time and time again (think John McCain and "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran") and to the military-industrial complex. No interest in history, in geography, in how the real world works. Every last member of the GOP disgusts me.<br />BeaglemomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com